Chapter 75

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Her hand trembled as she dialed a number from her contacts. It was only then that she realized it was Lucas' number.

She thought about hanging up but hesitated.

Deep inside, two voices clashed.

One urged her to hang up and call the police, while the other pleaded with her to keep the call, to tell Lucas and ask for his help.

They had lived together for a year, surely there were feelings. between them. That voice tempted her to take a gamble, to see if Lucas valued her more than Sophia. The busy signal interrupted her thoughts.

Aveline quickly canceled the 18th floor button and pressed the

button for the 1st floor instead. She couldn't stay in this building any longer!

Meanwhile, at the hospital.

Sophia had just finished her surgery. Seeing Lucas, a smile spread across her face.

glad you're here with me. I feel safe with

he replied, "The caregiver will take care of you now. If you need, I can also contact your family." "No," Sophia immediately refused, "Don't contact them. You know they don't like me. Two years ago, when that incident happened, they didn't even visit

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his thin lips together,

moment, his phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was a

the call and her eyes flickered.

the doctor said

to him, she accidentally knocked his phone out of his hand. The

instinctively bent down to pick up the phone, but when he tried to turn it on, it wouldn't power up. His

sorry, I didn't mean to. Did your phone break? I'll buy you a

thinking about why Aveline had called him. He turned to the caregiver. "Can I borrow

sure," the caregiver replied, handing him her

digits appeared in his mind. He entered them and called. However, an automated voice

What was going on?

still trying to call

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